Established in 1947, the Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO), is the peak parent organisation representing the families of over 2.5 million students in our nation public schools. The organisation has been engaged in debate and on the forefront policy development on the national education agenda.
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An audit is currently being conducted by the Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO) into the governance of government schools in Victoria - 'School councils in government schools'. VAGO will make recommendations on how the current arrangements can be improved.

VAGO is now consulting with school councillors about the strengths and weaknesses of the current arrangements and practices. As a current or past School Council member of a Victorian Government School VAGO wants to talk to you about your experience. They are holding a series of discussions forums to hear from councillors directly.

Parents Victoria appreciates how busy our school leaders are, so we have captured here some useful links to recent presentations on Parental Engagement and other resources as referenced at the DET Regional Principal Conferences 13-26 June, 2017.

Parents Victoria says: "Parents Victoria applauds the introduction of the Independent Office as a long awaited systemic improvement for school complaint resolution."

"Independence in resolving our toughest cases is vital to finding a solution all parties will be happy with. After fighting for this for over ten years, Parents Victoria is pleased that we finally have an independent avenue for school disputes".

Straight from Parents Victoria's conference, Thursday October 13 the PV Executive team attended the Australian Principal's Federation (APF) dinner for a very special launch.

Professor Bill Lucas, Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning and Professor of Learning at the University of Winchester and International Adviser, Mitchell Institute,launched the resource for Principals and parents called Let's Work Together - The Importance of Relationships.

The resource

As the resource explains:

"An engaged school community is the best marketing tool any school can have."